Windmill



(No Model.)

A. 0. KOONTZ.

WINDMILL.

a citizen of the-United States, residingat South when the mill is atrest. Fig. 3 is either end for the reception of one end of the pitman Land rod S, these being held therein by pins passing through the headhorizontally and through the end of either rod. The connection of thepitman is made flexible to admit of the oscillating motion of the samepro- UNITED STATES V PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS o. KOONTZ, or SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

WINDMILL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 272,064, datedFebruary1.3, 1883,

Application filed April 25, 1881. N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS O. KOONTZ,

Bend, in the county of StrJoseph, State of Indiana, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Windmills, of which thefollowingis a specification.

My invention relates to that class of windmills in which the sails ofthe wheel are rigidly fastened to the rims or hoops of the same by beingplaced in slotscut in said rims for that purpose.

The object of myimprovements are, first, to combine with a pit-man orconnecting-rod a reciprocating head inside the tubular vertical axis forthe purpose of transmitting the power of the wind-wheel; second,toprovide metal fasteningsor clips for the purpose of holding the sailsof .the wheel firmly and at a proper angle to the rims of the same.

In order to aid others skilled in the art to which my invention belongsto make and use the same, I will describe its construction andoperations with referenceto the several drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view, showing the frame andrudder with weighted lever. Fig; 2 is a top planview, showing theposition of parts a vertical sectional view of the tubular axis, showingthe construction of the reciprocating mechanism. Fig.4 is a sectionshowing the manner of attaching the sails to the rim of the wheel.

In the drawings, Fig. 3, M is the reciprocating head, having alongitudinal recess or slot in one side for the purpose of admitting thepassage of a chain or cord through the pipe J, with which to operate thevane when desired. This head is also provided with a recess at rims orhoops.

duced by the crank when rotating. The pipe J serves as a guide to thehead, causing its motion to be vertical.

Gis the shaft of the wind-wheel, to which is.

secured the crank-disk K, which, when rotated, produces thereciprocating motion of the head M through the pitman L.

0 0, Fig'. 4, are clips made from Wire or strips of metal, embracing thesails and holding them firmly in position by means of staples drivenover the ends of the clips into the At the under side of the rails thestrips of metal are bent to a right angle, or nearly so, to the faceot'the sails, terminating with a curve which contacts with the oppositeend of the adjoining clip. By this arrangement both clips may befastened to the rim by one staple. .Theportion of the clip bent to anangle to the sail 'forms a brace, which holds the sail rigidly at thedesired angle to the plane of the wheel. These clips may be made in acontinuous form, any number being made in one piece of wire or strip ofmetal, and secured to the rim of the wheel without detaching them fromeach other; but I prefer to make them separate. B shows another formadapted to the smaller end of the sails, and is preferably made in thisform, as it facili tates the attachment at the inner end of sails onaccount of the small space between the sails at the attaching-point. Ahole is made in the rim, which receives one end of having the other endsecured by a staple.

Having described my invention as full as 1 can, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a windmill, the combination of the recipro'cating, head M, pipe J,and pitman L, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The metal fastenings or clips for securing the sails to the rim of awind-wheel, as and for the purposes specified.

AUGUSTUS O. KOONTZ.

Witnesses:

JAMES DAVIS, HARRIS BARNES.

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